Regulation of the sulfate starvation response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Role of cysteine biosynthetic intermediates

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1375-1386

  Hummerjohann, Jörg ^a   Küttel, Erika ^a   Quadroni, Manfredo ^a   Ragaller, Jürgen ^a   Leisinger, Thomas ^a   Kertesz, Michael A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cysteine biosynthesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sulfate starvation

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ARYLSULFATASE; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; THIOCYANATE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 2642709245     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1375     Document Type: Article

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